The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Hardin Bulldogs (Hardin, MT) and the host Lockwood LIONS (Billings, MT), observed Hardin's basketball team edge Lockwood by a score of 58-52.

The Bulldogs (15-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Park (Livingston, MT). The Rangers come into the A Southeast challenge with a 3-9 record. In their last challenge, Park was tipped by Laurel (Laurel, MT), 78-51, in a league challenge.

In their next game, the LIONS battle the East Helena Vigilantes (East Helena, MT) in a A Southeast challenge, on Saturday, February 8. Lockwood will attempt to improve on its 13-4 season record. The Vigilantes come into the challenge with a 4-11 record after their 73-34 non-league win over Butte Central Catholic (Butte, MT).